amgirasa uvaacha |

anamtaa avataaraascha ganeshasya mahaatmanah |

na sakyate kathaam vaktum mayaa varshasatairapi || ~1 ||

samkshepena pravakshyaami mukhyaanaam mukhyataam gataan |

avataaraamscha tasyaashtau vikhyaataan brahmadhaarakaan || ~2 ||

vakratundaavataarascha dehinaam brahmadhaarakah |

matsuraasurahamtaa sa simhavaahanagah smrtah || ~3 ||

ekaamtaavataaro vai dehinaam brahmadhaarakah |

madaasurasya hamtaa sa aakhuvaahanagah smrtah || ~4 ||

mahodara iti khyaato j~naanabrahmaprakaasakah |

mohaasurasya satrurvai aakhuvaahanagah smrtah || ~5 ||

gajaananah sa vij~neyah saamkhyebhyah siddhidaayakah |

lobhaasuraprahartaa cha mooshakagah prakeertitah || ~6 ||

lambodaraavataaro vai krodhaasuranibarhanah |

aakhugah saktibrahmaa san tasya dhaaraka uchyate || ~7 ||

vikato naama vikhyaatah kaamaasurapradaahakah |

mayooravaahanaschaayam sauramaatmadharah smrtah || ~8 ||

vighnaraajaavataarascha seshavaahana uchyate |

mamaasuraprahamtaa sa vishnubrahmeti vaachakah || ~9 ||

dhoomravarnaavataaraschaabhimaanaasuranaasakah |

aakhuvaahanataam praaptah shivaatmakah sa uchyate || ~1~0 ||

eteఽshtau te mayaa proktaa ganeshaamsaa vinaayakaah |

eshaam bhajanamaatrena svasvabrahmapradhaarakaah || ~1~1 ||

svaanamdavaasakaaree sa ganeshaanah prakathyate |

svaanamde yogibhirdrshto brahmani naatra samsayah || ~1~2 ||

tasyaavataararoopaaschaashtau vighnaharanaah smrtaah |

svaanamdabhajanenaiva leelaastatra bhavamti hi || ~1~3 ||

maayaa tatra svayam leenaa bhavishyati suputraka |

samyoge maunabhaavascha samaadhih praapyate janaih || ~1~4 ||

ayoge ganaraajasya bhajane naiva siddhyati |

maayaabhedamayam brahma nirvrttih praapyate paraa || ~1~5 ||

yogaatmakaganeshaano brahmanaspativaachakah |

tatra saamtih samaakhyaataa yogaroopaa janaih krtaa || ~1~6 ||

naanaasaamtipramodascha sthaane sthaane prakathyate |

saamteenaam saamtiroopaa saa yogasaamtih prakeertitaa || ~1~7 ||

yogasya yogataadrshtaa sarvabrahma suputraka |

na yogaatparamam brahma brahmabhootena labhyate || ~1~8 ||

etadeva param guhyam kathitam vatsa teఽlikham |

bhaja tvam sarvabhaavena ganesham brahmanaayakam || ~1~9 ||

putrapautraadipradam stotramidam sokavinaasanam |

dhanadhaanyasamrddhyaadipradam bhaavi na samsayah || ~2~0 ||

dharmaarthakaamamokshaanaam saadhanam brahmadaayakam |

bhaktidrdhakaram chaiva bhavishyati na samsayah || ~2~1 ||

iti sreemudgalapuraane ganeshaavataarastotram sampoornam |